TY - BOOK ID - 2384316 TI - Machiavelli and mystery of state PY - 1988 SN - 0521345464 0521437903 0511571429 PB - New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Political science KW - -Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - History KW - Machiavelli, Niccolo KW - -Contributions in political science KW - -History KW - Machiavelli, Niccolò KW - Contributions in political science KW - Italy KW - Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527 - Contributions in political science. KW - Political science - Italy - History. KW - マキアヴェルリ KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History. KW - Machiavelli, Niccolò, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2384316 AB - Machiavelli and Mystery of State, first published in 1989, studies the intersection of sacred and secular conceptions of kingship in the Renaissance by documenting in detail six instances of the attempt to connect Machiavelli's thought to an ancient and secret tradition of political counsel, the arcana imperii or mysteries of state. This book illuminates an important and neglected dimension of Machiavelli's powerful influence on Renaissance political discourse. ER -